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A transaxle is a unit that has the gearbox as part of the driven axle. It's a transmission and axle combined, hence: transaxle. It would mean that you have engine at the front of the car, gearbox at the back. You would simply have a prop shaft coming out the back of your engine which would allow it ...

My V8 ownership has been a less then successful story thus far having bought a 3.5 from a RRC about 6 years ago that turned out to be a complete pile of scrap, I learned my lesson about buying unknown engines from ebay and then collecting them in the dark. So I salvaged the low comp pistons from it ...

Having followed this fascinating build and to now see the first coats of gel for the final body going in I'm actually so excited, and it's not even my project!

Mike must be a happy boy today I'm guessing. As ever, top class and informative work Monkey

J

it looks nice and all, like a lot of modern cars do. But it's not right as a 2 door (other than Db's, that's fantastic! but mainly because it's so one-off). The whole point of an SD1 was that it was great big mother hunker of a limobarge. This new version would just get lost among all the TT's and t...

Thanks chaps. And by the way, yeah, it was goooooood!


(sorry for the crappy phone pic!)

James

Thanks Unstable Load!
yeah bit late now but Happy Birthday to you too Pocket Rocket!
Hell of a trip from Kent to Wirral for cake, but I'm sure it'd be worth it, SWMBO's cakes usually taste incredible! I'll let you know......

Well it comes to us all, another birthday is passing for me today and my wonderful wife has treated me to very tasty looking new engine block........ here it is! http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae108/james_hennessey1/car%20stuff/IMAG0394.jpg http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae108/james_hennesse...

Mines the same, uses the bellhousing bolts to bolt the rear of the block to the four arms of the stand.

topcatproduction wrote: Maybe a D2 and a 350Z would be a better combo than a D3! And about the same price!

Now you're talking my language!

Lower mileage fully loaded perfect D2. Every time. Having owned a late facelift D1a 3.9v8 (which for the purposes of this discussion is basically the same as a D2), and driven a friends shiny new at the time D3. I was very glad to have my D1a! The D3 felt very constricted inside, everything about th...

Cheers guys, Paul - if I do end up with this engine and box then I'd definitely be interested in what you have. I'll know by about this time next month whether it's going to end up in my possession or not so I'll let you know then if that's alright? , Thanks mate! will you be going to Billing this y...

Hi Mike, Thanks for the quick response. I've seen a few guys saying that the rear of the lt77 box casing can be swapped on is this true? Without one of each in front of me it's hard to compare and contrast. A scrapper lt77 can be had very cheaply, so combined with the free r380 I'll be getting seems...

This so similar to a question I also have that I'll just tag mine in here if marcjagman doesn't mind?! There's a chance I'll soon be getting a 3.9 Rv8 from a Discovery with an R380 'box on. I was wondering if one could simply remove the transfer box, do a bit of jiggery pokery, fit an appropriate pr...

didn't get a chance o check this over the weekend, I was actually a bit excited when i realised there were 2 installments together today! it felt a bit like Christmas again!

as always, quality work and fascinating to read.

J

sure did! cheers dude. *edit* and replied

J